The Celebrity Nanny on What Every New Parent Actually Needs to Hear | The Parent Chat

0 June 11, 2026 07:00

In this episode of The Parent Chat, Dylan Dreyer sits down with Nanny Connie — baby nurse to over 257 families including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Jessica Biel — for a refreshingly honest conversation about how raising a child takes a village and why trying to do it all alone is the biggest mistake new parents make.

Plus Nanny Connie’s mantra that cuts through every parenting trend: the baby is the book. And her reminder that stars — they really are just like us.

0:00 — Introducing Nanny Connie: 257 Babies and Counting
0:47 — Dylan’s Village Guilt: Why She Was Ashamed to Admit She Had a Nanny
2:09 — How Nanny Connie Ended Up Working for Celebrity Families
3:04 — Teaching Emily Blunt to Put the Baby in the Car (And Why It Matters)
3:56 — The Baby Is the Book: Why There’s No One-Size-Fits-All in Parenting
4:44 — What Nanny Connie Actually Does During Those First Months
5:55 — Postpartum Is Real: Why the First Month You Need Someone in Your Corner
7:30 — Dylan’s Honest Confession: She Was Cracking by the End of Maternity Leave
8:16 — What Nobody Tells You About Recovering From a C-Section
9:13 — Sleep Deprivation and Why Dads Need to Step Up at Night
10:38 — How Nanny Connie Manages Celebrity Personalities Without Judgment
11:15 — Why Date Night Isn’t Optional When You Have a Newborn
12:07 — The First Six Years: Why What Happens Now Shapes Everything
13:38 — When Your Baby Won’t Stop Crying: How to Recenter Yourself First
15:00 — Dylan’s Four-Year-Old Just Needed Her to Sit on the Couch
15:48 — Every Kid Gets a Different Version of You — and That’s Okay
17:23 — When Your Baby Prefers the Nanny: Stop Judging It
19:02 — Nanny Connie’s Top Tips for Every Parent
20:17 — How Nanny Connie Balanced Her Own Daughter While Raising Everyone Else’s Kids
22:14 — Dylan’s Takeaway: It Takes a Village — and That’s a Beautiful Thing